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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Emily Ezust
Frühzeitiger Frühling
Language: German (Deutsch)
Tage der Wonne Kommt ihr so bald? Schenkt mir die Sonne, Hügel und Wald? Reichlicher fließen Bächlein zumal. Sind es die Wiesen Ist es das Thal? Blauliche Frische! Himmel und Höh! Goldene Fische Wimmeln im See. Buntes Gefieder Rauschet im Hain; Himmlische Lieder Schallen darein. Unter des Grünen Blühender Kraft, Naschen die Bienen Summend am Saft. Leise Bewegung Bebt in der Luft, Reizende Regung, Schläfernder Duft. Mächtiger rühret Bald sich ein Hauch, Doch er verlieret Gleich sich im Strauch. Aber zum Busen Kehrt er zurück. Helfet, ihr Musen, Tragen das Glück! Saget seit gestern Wie mir geschah? Liebliche Schwestern, Liebchen ist da!
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 90-91, and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 107-109.
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", written 1801, first published 1803 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Abenheim (1804 - 1891), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 72 (Sechs Goethe-Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1878 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Andreas Anschütz (1772 - 1855?), "Frühzeitiger Frühling" [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Christian Gottlob) August Bergt (1772 - 1837), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", 1814+ [ vocal trio with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", 1813 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 57 (Six Songs) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Franke (1862 - 1932), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 5 (Fünfzehn Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 5 (c1840) [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Ludwig Hellwig (1773 - 1838), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1813), published 1820 [ vocal duet, unaccompanied ], Leipzig: C. F. Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", 1829 [ vocal trio ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 41 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1883 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3 (1885), published 1889 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", published c1820 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 79 no. 1 (1836), published 1841 [ vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 18 ([Neun] Lieder und Gesänge von Göthe), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 59 no. 2 (1843) [ chorus ], from Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elise Müller (b. 1782), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", published [c1819/20] [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig: Bei Friedr. Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Gerhard Natorp (1854 - 1924), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 4 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Rufinatscha (1812 - 1893), "Frühzeitiger Frühling" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1778 - 1851), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", published [1806] [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte in Musik gesetzt und Sr. Durchlaucht dem Fürsten Radziwill ganz ergebenst zugeeignet von C. F. Rungenhagen. Zweites Heft, no. 4, Berlin: Bei Rudolph Werckmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Scherzer (1821 - 1886), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1887 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Grunow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", published [1812] [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte, 12te Sammlung, no. 6, B. Schott in Mainz, No. 629 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 54 (Gedichte von Goethe: II) no. 4 (1815) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge f 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", 1802 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Josephine Lang.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Primavera precoç", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vroege lente", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Early spring", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Printemps précoce", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Buntìmp di primavera", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Πρώιμη άνοιξη", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 102
Early spring
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Days of joy, Have you come so soon? To give me the sun, Hill and Forest? Amply flow the brooklets again, Are those meadows? Is this a valley? Blue freshness! Heaven and heights! Golden fishes Teeming in the sea. Colorful plumage Rustles in the grove, Heavenly songs Resound therein! Under the greenery's Blooming, thriving effort The little bees dine, Humming, on nectar. Gentle movements shake in the fresh air, the lovely stirring Of sleepy fragrance. Powerfully stirs a breath of air, Yet it loses itself in a bush. But to the bosom It turns back, Help [me], o Muses, To bear [this] Happiness! Tell me how, since yesterday, it happened to me, lovely sisters - My sweetheart is there!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Frühzeitiger Frühling", written 1801, first published 1803
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 119